The boys laughed. They were very near the cab too, now. I closed the door quickly. 'Thank you,' I said to the postman.
'That's aIl right, sir,' he said. 'She's a strange lady, sir, isn't she?'
'She's ill, that's all,' I said quickly. 'We're going to the hospital. Goodbye, and thank you.'
The cab drove down the road to the hospital. I looked at Merrick. 'That was difficult, wasn't it?' I said.
At first he said nothing, but then he spoke. His voice was very strange, but 1 listened to him carefully, and 1 could understand him.